Tuesday, 27 March 2012

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus-category/british/Words-used-to-describe-works-of-art-and-pictures

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sJGzxp1Q9fYC&pg=PT5&lpg=PT5&dq=formal+language+for+critique+of+art&source=bl&ots=fL1Si3IGKz&sig=byk-gWkjt70ZVUtrkrsZ8bhFs24&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0qtxT9XvLZKm8gP7pOFV&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=formal%20language%20for%20critique%20of%20art&f=false

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vcJgjpsvUtIC&pg=PT187&dq=formal+language+for+critique+of+graphic+design&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XKxxT8_aDIXi8APhuL0v&ved=0CFUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=formal%20language%20for%20critique%20of%20graphic%20design&f=false

http://jasonbrockert.com/ayearinart/?p=55

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090903025747AAMzfL5

http://www.avln.org/resources/projects/pennington.pdf


Descriptive Words to use in a Formal Critique of Art
ELEMENTS OF
ART
Line
blurred
broken
controlled
curved
diagonal
freehand
horizontal
interrupted
geometric
meandering
ruled 
short
straight
thick
thin
vertical
wide
reversed

Texture
actual 
bumpy
corrugated
flat 
furry 
gooey 
leathery 
prickly 
rough 
sandy 
shiny 
simulated 
smooth
soft 
sticky 
tacky
velvet
wet



Shape/Form
amorphous
biomorphic
closed
distorted
 flat
free-form
full of spaces
geometric
heavy
light
linear
massive
nebulous
open 
organic

Value
dark
light
medium

Space
ambiguous
deep
flat
negative/positive
open
shallow 
Principles of Art
balance
contrast
emphasis 
harmony 
pattern 
repetition 
rhythm 
unity 
variety 

Themes in Art
adoration
children 
circus 
cityscape
earth, air, fire, water 
farming festivals 
gardens 
grief
history 
hunting 
landscape
love
music
mythology
of historic occasions
portraiture
processions
religion
seascape
storytelling
theater
war
STYLE OR
PERIOD
abstract
classical
genre
historical 
literary
naïve
narrative
nonobjective
primitive
realistic
romantic
Renaissance
Pop
Op
Modern
Abstract Expression
MEDIA (MATERIALS)
Two-Dimensional
chalk
colored pencil
conte
egg tempera
found materials
gouache
ink
oil
pastel
pencil
photograph
print
tempera
vine charcoal
watercolor
Three-Dimensional
bronze
clay
fibers
found materials
marble
metal
mixed media
papier-mâché
plaster
stone
wood
TECHNIQUE
architecture 
batik
carving
ceramics
collage
crafts
glassblowing
 jewelry making
metalwork
modeling
mosaics
painting
photography
printmaking
repousse
sculpture
weaving

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